GIS as a Decision Support Tool in Regional Food System Policy Implementation

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dc.contributor.advisorTyler, Mary-Ellen
dc.contributor.authorLetizia, Jessica
dc.contributor.committeememberLearned, Kelly
dc.contributor.committeememberBurgess, Darrell
dc.date2018-06
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-31T22:58:18Z
dc.date.available2018-01-31T22:58:18Z
dc.date.issued2018-01
dc.description.abstractIn response to increased urbanization, population growth, and changing climate patterns, cities and regions all over North America are implementing food strategies, including the Calgary Regional Partnership’s (CRP) Food Secure, released during the spring of 2017. This strategy aims to ensure the Calgary Region has access to a local food supply over the 60 next years. However, regional stakeholders and decision-makers lack a cross-scalar information system to support strategy implementation and monitoring over time. The purpose of this research was to identify the types of spatial data resources needed to support regional decision-makers in food strategy implementation, monitoring, and management. A number of significant spatial data gaps as well as a lack of stakeholder understanding about the need for relevant data emerged from key regional stakeholder questionnaires done for the CRP. The results of this research identify the types of spatial data and decision-support requirements that could be integrated into the CRP’s current geographic information system (GIS) to create the capacity for food strategy decision-support.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLetizia, J. (2018). GIS as a Decision Support Tool in Regional Food System Policy Implementation (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5450en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/5450
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/106369
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyEnvironmental Design
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectGIS
dc.subjectFood System
dc.subjectCalgary Region
dc.subjectCalgary Regional Partnership
dc.subjectCRP
dc.subjectDecision Support
dc.subjectData
dc.subjectSpatial Analysis
dc.subjectSpatial Data
dc.subject.classificationInformation Scienceen_US
dc.subject.classificationGeographyen_US
dc.subject.classificationUrban and Regional Planningen_US
dc.subject.classificationGeotechnologyen_US
dc.titleGIS as a Decision Support Tool in Regional Food System Policy Implementation
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Environmental Design (MEDes)
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